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OFF THE RECORD - 'Andy Harries? My arse'
Cast your mind back, if you will, to the British Comedy Awards last month, where Caroline Aherne's The Royle Family swept the board.Jim Royle-style couch potatoes must have been bemused by
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OFF THE RECORD - Snail mail
Much ruffling of feathers over at Carlton when minions received an email from Carlton International grand fromage Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, warning them to expect a big stock market announcement regarding the company's
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OFF THE RECORD - PRESS GANG
No matter how frantically busy today's TV types get, somehow they can always find time to give themselves a plug in the papers. We round up their latest inky musings so you don't have to bother ...
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY ..
Tina McCann, professional Scouser and TCM Europe general manager, lies awake thinking of Owen and Fowler.
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OFF THE RECORD - END CREDITS
At the dawn of the new millennium John Durrant and Steve Burrell make a few wry predictions for the TV industry.
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Granada to receive OFT reply by February 7
Media group has less than four weeks before it learns whether plans to acquire Carlton or United will be approved
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Channel 4 launches£15 million internet strategy
Broadcaster to launch four new sites and revamp Channel4.com
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Newsxbox 360 pinata lives on in nicktoons series
Children's channel NickToons will launch a brand new series based on hit Xbox 360 game Viva Piñata in early March. The 52 x 30-minute series is made by 4Kids Entertainment International.
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NewsGroup M hires Willis for programming role
Group M Entertainment has appointed Simon Willis as head of programming for Mindshare, its media investment operation.
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Channel 4 launches£15 million internet strategy on telly
Broadcaster to launch four new sites and revamp Channel4.com
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C4 unveils plans for new websites
Channel 4 has unveiled a£15 million plan to launch entertainment, film, horse racing and education internet sites and portals and to relaunch Channel4.com this year.Reporting to C4 director of strategy
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BBC News axes nine TV posts
BBC News head of television news Roger Mosey has axed nine key management posts in a move that BBC insiders claim is a U-turn by chief executive Tony Hall, write Tara Conlan and Jason Deans.
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BBC documentaries reshuffles pack
BBC Production's documentaries and history department has recruited a new managing editor of documentaries, at the same time as shuffling senior editorial chairs for flagship strands Modern Times, Inside Story and
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Abbott pens Sons and Lovers script
Award-winning writer Paul Abbott is adapting DH Lawrence's 20th century classic Sons and Lovers for a four-part BBC 1 series expected to air in 2001, writes Tim Dams.
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ITV to lower share target
ITV is expected to announce a lowering of its peaktime share target for 2000 from 40 per cent to 39 or 38 per cent at next week's annual presentation to advertisers, according to sources, writes Jason Deans.
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Halo joins up with Cinar Europe for BBC Animation
UK independent Halo Productions has linked up with Canadian producer/distributor Cinar Europe to secure a BBC 2 peaktime animation commission, Treasure. The 26 x 10-minute series, which will be aimed at
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BBC 2 commissions award-winning play for screen
BBC 2 has commissioned a TV version of the winner of the 1999 Dennis Potter Play of the Year award, writer Lin Coghlan's First Communion Day. Produced by Tigerlily Films for